SHEPHERD, Harold Ralph
| Service Number: | 4914 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Leytonstone, East London, England., 1888 |
| Home Town: | Pentland, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 17 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3 Grave II. B. 33. INSCRIPTION SURRENDERED SELF TO DUTY TO HIS OLD HOME AND ENGLAND HIS COUNTRY , Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Brandhoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Driver, 4914, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Driver, 4914, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 17 Aug 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 4914, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4914 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-08-17 | |
| 28 Sep 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) - date of London Gazette: 28 September 1917, page 10038, position 75 - date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 24 January 1918, page 84, position 57. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1888 SHEPHERD Harold Ralph Hackney 1b 587.
He enlisted at Pentland, Queensland, Australia. He was 29 at death.
His brother, 18 year old Private James Harper Shepherd of the 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 1st Division was killed in action near Richebourg L`Avoue, 9th May 1915.
They were sons of Charles and Mary Elizabeth Shepherd, of 15, Alexander Rd., Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
He is remembered on the Bexhill-on Sea War Memorial which stands on the sea front. Also honoured there is Trooper Stuart Roy Luxmoore Hockin of the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment who died in 1915.
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